Mughalistan

Mughalistan was a rump state of the Mughal Empire that existed in the Indian Subcontinent during the 18th century. Mughalistan's capital was Delhi, from which the Mughal emperors ruled. The state came into existence as many Mughal governors gained enough autonomy to rule over their own, semi-independent Indian states, and the state was weakened by administrative difficulties and foreign invasions; in 1739, the Afsharid dynasty sacked Delhi. Mughalistan was made a protectorate of the Maratha Confederacy in 1784 and of the British East India Company in 1818 as a result of the decisive Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1858, the Mughal Empire was formally ended after Emperor Bahadur Shah II was stripped of his titles as a consequence of his support for the Sepoy Mutiny.